Effect of human milk fortification with a human milk fortifier on growth of low birth weight infants
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- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/04/032907
- Lead Sponsor
- DR NISHANT KUMAR
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Preterm less than 37 completed weeks (based on New Ballard score)
Birth weight less than 1800g and more than/equal to 1000g tolerating feeds of at least 80ml/kg/day for 3 days.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Birth asphyxia
2.Congenital malformation.
3.Weight less than 1000g.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Weight gain in g/kg/day from day of initiation of intervention till four completed weeks of life (birth weight as base). <br/ ><br>2. Head circumference increase in cm/week from day of initiation of intervention till four completed weeks of life. <br/ ><br>3. Length increase in cm/week from day of initiation of intervention till four completed weeks of life. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: weight measurement daily during hospital stay then after 28 days of life, <br/ ><br>head circumference and length measurement weekly during hospital stay and then after 28 days of life. <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method not applicableTimepoint: not applicable